In 1915, Charlie & Petra Boostrom founded Clearwater Historic Lodge & Canoe Outfitters. This year we celebrate our centennial — 100 years of helping guests explore the beauty and tranquility of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. In honor of our founders and their legacy, we’ve been sharing stories about the Boostrom’s and the early days of Clearwater Historic Lodge and...
In 1915, Charlie & Petra Boostrom founded Clearwater Historic Lodge & Canoe Outfitters. This year we celebrate our centennial — 100 years of helping guests explore the beauty and tranquility of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. In honor of our founders and their legacy, we’ve been sharing stories about the Boostrom’s and the early days of Clearwater Historic Lodge and...
This year we celebrate our centennial — 100 years of helping guests explore the beauty and tranquility of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. In honor of our founders Charlie & Petra Boostrom who established Clearwater Historic Lodge back in 1915, we’ve been sharing stories about the Boostrom’s and the early days of Clearwater Historic Lodge and the Gunflint Trail. In...
We’ve been helping guests explore the BWCA and relax on the Gunflint Trail since 1915. Since this is 2015, it means our centennial summer is upon us. Time for reminiscing! Enjoy the inspiration that sings out from this recent 2014 guest book entry. * * * “We arrived at Clearwater by chance & luck & we think it is beautiful...
In honor of our founders Charlie & Petra Boostrom and their legacy, we’ll be sharing stories about the Boostroms’ and the early days of Clearwater Historic Lodge and the Gunflint Trail. Many of the stories — including the passage below — come from the delightful book, Gunflint Trailblazers – The Story of Charlie & Petra Boostrom by Beatrice Flaaten Ogren...
In honor of our founders Charlie & Petra Boostrom and their legacy, we’ll be sharing stories about the Boostrom’s and the early days of Clearwater Historic Lodge and the Gunflint Trail. Many of the stories — including the passage below — come from the delightful book, Gunflint Trailblazers – The Story of Charlie & Petra Boostrom by Beatrice Flaaten Ogren...
In 1915, Charlie & Petra Boostrom founded Clearwater Historic Lodge & Canoe Outfitters. This year we celebrate our centennial — 100 years of helping guests explore the beauty and tranquility of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area. We like to think that not too much has changed here. Life is still pretty simple at Clearwater Historic Lodge. We’re still remote and...
Every spring we try to work on improving our cabins. We refinished floors in the lodge and multiple cabins, added a new deck onto Cabin 2, and updated all of the curtains. Our biggest project by far that we just finished up was adding a screen porch onto Cabin 5. Enjoy these before and after photos.
Dear Clearwater Friends, We just got word that Trip Advisor has awarded us their 2015 Certificate of Excellence. This means a lot to us, and we want to thank all our guests who’ve taken a few minutes to share their experiences staying with us on Trip Advisor!
The Clearwater Bakery is open for business. Fresh homemade pies, bread, cookies, muffins and more are available everyday at Clearwater Lodge. If you would like something specific give us a call 218-388-2254; or submit an order online.
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